The developer behind controversial plans to place up to 20 wind turbines on the hills above Dunoon’s west bay at Bachan Burn has been sold to a Canadian company. http://www.dunoon-observer.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9221:wind-farm-company-sold-to-canadians-&catid=1:news&Itemid=19
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has blamed Westminster for deterring investment in offshore wind after Samsung Heavy Industries announced it is withdrawing from Fife. http://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/local/fife/nicola-sturgeon-blames-westminster-for-energy-job-losses-in-fife-1.887849
Windfarm developers have hit back at claims a proposed turbine would adversely affect the setting of Arbroath and its historic abbey. http://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/local/angus-the-mearns/green-cat-bares-its-claws-in-angus-turbine-row-1.887814
A SCOTTISH Government decision to allow six more turbines to be added to Crystal Rig wind farm has been described as disappointing by the depute leader of East Lothian Council. http://www.eastlothiancourier.com/news/roundup/articles/2015/07/03/538076-more-wind-turbines-approved-at-crystal-rig/
ANTI-WIND campaigners have been vindicated by the ClimateXChange study into wind farm impacts (“Calls for revamp in predicting noise from wind farms”, The Herald, July 2). The results must be sending shock waves across the industry and the Scottish Government. There has been shoddy practice allowed and communities have been Read more
Helen McArdle Transport Correspondent A £100 million vision for an offshore wind turbine factory in Methil which was expected to bring hundreds of jobs to the area has been left in tatters amid reports that the main investor has pulled out, in the latest blow to Scotland’s renewables industry. Engineering Read more